A fantastic course and great weather for the last Dirty Clean of 2022. The expressions on peoples faces sums up the pleasure and pain 🙂 A huge thanks to our partners for all the great prizes. We hope to announce next year’s calendar in December along with this season’s winners. We look forward to seeing many new faces and old legs again for 2023.
A weekend of Clean Rides around Wildhomestay, in Anhui, China. Date: November 12th 2022, 8am. Type: Clean – Road bike. 168km 3000m
This challenge loops around the south of our area taking in the fantastic Qianniugang / Daming Mountain South Ascent. The Ascent is 1100m + making it one of the longest uninterrupted climbs in the region. It winds its way along streams, through bamboo forests, tea plantations, rice terraces, the odd village and up to the top of the satellite station on the top of the mountain. Its described as “a world-class truly epic climb” and we concur :)!
Daming Climb!
These “clean” riding challenges are small scale, half competitive and half social! Clean Challenges take place on tarmac and concrete roads mostly of good quality. Expect a few rough areas and for your comfort, we suggest 28 tires or larger. There will be timed stages that make for a safer and more social but still highly competitive and fun day out. Support and rest points provided en route. Events will be delayed if terrible weather or changes to the current covid situation make it unsafe to hold the event.
Views from the top of Daming
Beast of the East
Stunning route south of us through Anhui & Zhejiang.
168km option.
more than 2000m of Elevation Gain
1 main climbs. And a few smaller ones.
3 out of 5 in steepness scale.
3.5 out of 5 in toughness scale.
28c tires recommended. A 1 to 1 ratio if not more.
A gentle mid-length climb to get the legs warmed up. Note that vans will not park at the finish this time! Ride on through the village until you get to a large car park on the left.
150m elevation gain over 2km. 7.6% average gradient, 20% max.
In case you thought a 25km climb wasn’t challenging, we’ve added a segment within a segment. “JR’s pain cave” is a short, sharp climb starting at the end of the last village on the back route up Damingshan and finishing at the junction with the main route.
Friday Bus leaves Shanghai 18:00 sharp. 5h to get here by bus. 2.30h by train. Direct and non-direct train options and the station is 10 minutes from Wildhomestay. 8pm Briefing for new riders. We will try and stream as well.
Saturday 7am Breakfast 8:00am Challenge start 5:30pm Challenge Ends BBQ & Beers at 7pm Awards at 8pm (dress warm)
First please choose a standard room or shared room. If we are full we can help organize other places in the area. Then choose your challenge entry, bus, food and bike (if you need one). Add items to your cart and then checkout with your preferred payment type. Confirmation will be emailed and please make sure you leave your wechat id when you checkout. We will add you to a wechat group and the final itinerary, GPX / waiver and info will be provided through that group and during a briefing.
Extremely pleased this happened all considered and very lucky with the weather, air and everything else. Some serious climbs, some challenging downhills, too much food, not nearly enough photographs, and a great adventure through a well marked course in rural Anhui! Lessons learned, improvements to be made and looking forward to the 2022 Challenge Series. Details to be announced soon.
Very Well done to the challenge and award winners and many thanks to our partners for the great prizes.
The Clean Cycling road challenge will happen on the 1st of August and the Dirty Adventure Ride on the 22nd of August. More to hopefully come later in the year. Small scale, informal, very challenging, social and a bunch of fun! https://www.wildhomestay.com/cycling/races/dirtyclean/
Notices!!! We have stopped providing slippers and toothbrushes as they are single-use items and generate too much waste! Please bring your own!!! Also if you bring your own bike please bring a lock so you can lock it on the bike racks outside of the bike shed or leave it in your car or room.
eBIKES We have some really nice ebikes to rent. A great way to explore the hills and villages of the area.
Daily Schedules Room Checkin: 2pm to 9pm. Late Check In: 9pm to 12pm. Prearranged. Check Out: 12pm. Late if prearranged and we are not booked the next day. Cafe: 8am to 10pm Breakfast: 8am to 10am Dinner: 6pm to 9pm
During your stay service related questions will be answered at The Cafe and wechat "wildhomestay" from 9am to 9pm. Bike Rental: 9am to 6pm. Pick up night before if you have a early ride planned.
Digital Nomads! New for 2023 we are pleased to be offering digital nomad workspace :) with great weekday discounts. Perfect for some serious work and adventure!
